Psychological Thriller

Haunting Adeline

H. D. Carlton · Romance

**The Manipulator** I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.

dark romance · obsessive love · possessive romance · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · cat and mouse

The Unknown

RILEY. SAGER · Mystery & Thriller

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending

Dissection of a Murder

Jo Murray · Mystery & Thriller

'So gripping, so clever, so good.

psychological thriller · cat and mouse · twist ending

Yesteryear

Caro Claire Burke · Literary Fiction

***'My name is Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive…'*** Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle – and has the social media…

dark academia · psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator · gothic atmosphere

Into the Fading Twilight

Catherine Cowles · Mystery & Thriller

Book Two in a brand new suspenseful small town series - Starlight Grove - from New York Times Bestselling Author, Catherine Cowles.

found family · psychological thriller · small town · trauma recovery

Mad Mabel

Sally Hepworth · Mystery & Thriller

Meet Mad Mabel. Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old. She's lived on her idyllic street, Kenny Lane, for sixty years--longer than…

psychological thriller · dark academia · twist ending · morally grey character

Five

Ilona Bannister · Mystery & Thriller

Five lives. Five stories. Four will live—one will die. Who it will be? In this slow-burn masterpiece of psychological fiction, the choice is all…

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · multiple timelines · twist ending · cat and mouse

Her Last Breath

Taylor Adams · Mystery & Thriller

From the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and The Last Word comes a story of two friends who embark on an ill-fated caving expedition--and the…

psychological thriller · survival · cat and mouse · twist ending

The God of the Woods

Liz Moore · Mystery & Thriller

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk.

psychological thriller · missing person · multiple timelines · twist ending · cat and mouse

The Women in White

Sarah Pekkanen · Mystery & Thriller

In the new thriller from #1 New York Times Bestseller Sarah Pekkanen, a young divorcee accepts a caretaker job for an elderly widow and is drawn into…

psychological thriller · closed circle

The Anniversary

Alex Finlay · Mystery & Thriller

Today became an anniversary they would never celebrate.

psychological thriller · revenge plot · twist ending · trauma recovery

Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die

Mallory Arnold · Horror

From the USA Today bestselling author of How to Survive a Horror Story comes a biting slasher perfect for fans of John Tucker Must Die and The Final…

psychological thriller · survival · revenge plot

Meat Bees

Dane Erbach · Horror

Jaws with wasps. By the time Scarlett Sutton arrives at her dad's cabin in the Smoky Mountains, two locals have already been eaten alive by wasps. Of…

high stakes survival · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

Best Offer Wins

Marisa Kashino · Mystery & Thriller

Eighteen months and 11 lost bidding wars into house-hunting in the overheated Washington, DC suburbs, 37-year-old publicist Margo Miyake gets a tip…

slow burn · psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator

The Secrets We Hide

Karin Slaughter · Mystery & Thriller

The stunning new North Falls thriller by the bestselling author of We Are All Guilty Here 'Quite simply, Karin Slaughter is the best of us' Dervla…

psychological thriller · small town · closed circle · cat and mouse · political intrigue

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides · Mystery & Thriller

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect.

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · cat and mouse · obsessive love

Molka

Monika Kim · Mystery & Thriller

From the award-winning author of The Eyes Are the Best Part, praised by The New York Times Book Review as “violent, smart, gruesome and wildly…

psychological thriller · revenge plot · cat and mouse · trauma recovery

HEART OF GLASS.

JENNIFER. HILLIER · Mystery & Thriller

psychological thriller · revenge plot · twist ending

The Only One Left

Riley Sager · Mystery & Thriller

At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

The Caretaker

Marcus Kliewer · Mystery & Thriller

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY: Caregiver for elderly husband urgently needed.

psychological thriller · cat and mouse · morally grey character · twist ending

The Secret History

Donna Tartt · Literary Fiction

Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of…

dark academia · psychological thriller · morally grey character · found family

Jaws

Peter Benchley · Mystery & Thriller

Here is Peter Benchley’s classic suspense novel of shark versus man, which was made into the blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie.

psychological thriller · survival · high stakes survival

Our Wives Under the Sea

Julia Armfield · Horror

Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller

Dark Matter

Michelle Paver · Horror

A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north.

gothic atmosphere · ghosts · survival · psychological thriller · historical fiction

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier · Horror

With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs.

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting · second chance romance · trauma recovery

The Housemaid

Freida McFadden · Horror

Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom.

psychological thriller · haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery

We Used to Live Here

Marcus Kliewer · Horror

As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque…

haunted setting · psychological thriller · closed circle

Kiss Slay Replay

Rachel Harrison · Horror

Every wedding guest’s worst nightmare is on repeat in this wild and twisty new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of So Thirsty…

psychological thriller · time travel · twist ending · closed circle · high stakes survival

On Sundays She Picked Flowers

Yah Yah Scholfield · Horror

“A ferociously talented writer. Scholfield writes with insight, beauty, and the wildness of real art.” —Victor LaValle, author of Lone Women In this…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller · survival

Wolf Worm

T. Kingfisher · Horror

Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, a new gothic masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author T.

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · survival · trauma recovery

Carrie

Stephen King · Horror

The story of misfit high-school girl, Carrie White, who gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers.

coming of age · trauma recovery · psychological thriller

Dracula

Bram Stoker · Horror

To borrow a phrase used by one of the characters in the novel, Dracula is “nineteenth century up-to-date with a vengeance.” In her introduction to…

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · vampires · historical fiction · paranormal romance

Misery

Stephen King · Horror

Novelist Paul Sheldon has plans to make the difficult transition from writing historical romances featuring heroine Misery Chastain to publishing…

psychological thriller · survival · obsessive love · trauma recovery

These Walls Remember

Del Sandeen · Horror

When two estranged sisters inherit a home possessed by the horrors of its dark past, they must work together to survive in this viscerally chilling…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · ghosts · found family · psychological thriller

Helen of Nowhere

Makenna Goodman · Literary Fiction

An electrifying novel about the delights and dangers of starting over.

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator

Headlights

CJ Leede · Mystery & Thriller

'Dazzling . . . You’re gonna have a hard time finding a more thrilling or moving book this year.' JOSH MALERMAN An FBI agent with an uncanny ability…

psychological thriller · cat and mouse · high stakes survival · twist ending

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson · Mystery & Thriller

Everyone is talking about A Good Girl's Guide to Murder!

psychological thriller · twist ending · missing person · unreliable narrator · coming of age

Broken Country

Clare Leslie Hall · Mystery & Thriller

*“The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.”* Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married,…

psychological thriller · twist ending · revenge plot

My Husband's Wife

Alice Feeney · Mystery & Thriller

Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition.

psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator · dark romance

Pretty Dead Things

Kelsey Cox · Mystery & Thriller

Secrets emerge as a Texas beauty pageant turns deadly in this rich and addictive novel with a jaw-dropping twist from psychological suspense author…

psychological thriller · twist ending · closed circle

Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty · Mystery & Thriller

Pirriwee Public is a beautiful little beachside primary school where children are taught that ‘sharing is caring.’ So how has the annual School…

psychological thriller · closed circle

Buyer Beware

Catherine Ryan Howard · Mystery & Thriller

Get ready to be addicted to the page-turning new mystery thriller from the #1 bestselling author of The Trap and 56 Days, in which two women's…

psychological thriller · closed circle · revenge plot

Helpless

Jessica Knoll · Mystery & Thriller

From the New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and Bright Young Women comes the highly anticipated, heart-pounding thriller with…

psychological thriller · twist ending · revenge plot

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

First there were ten--a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon.

psychological thriller · closed circle · locked room · cat and mouse · twist ending

Getting Away with Murder

Shari Lapena · Mystery & Thriller

The tenth thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door.

psychological thriller · closed circle · revenge plot

Greedy

Callie Kazumi · Mystery & Thriller

What would you do for a seat at the table?

psychological thriller · morally grey character · cat and mouse · grimdark

Scary Movie Night

Miranda Smith · Mystery & Thriller

In this nail-biting thriller, a horror-themed birthday party turns deadly when guests start disappearing—and the birthday girl realizes that she must…

psychological thriller · closed circle · survival · twist ending

The Truth About Ruby Cooper

Liz Nugent · Mystery & Thriller

“I couldn't stop reading! Absolutely a triumph!” —Freida McFadden, New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid From the internationally…

psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator

Summer's Never Over

Darby Bozeman · Mystery & Thriller

In this addictive dual-timeline debut novel, a woman confronts her past at the remote Southern summer camp where the tragic death of her fellow…

psychological thriller · multiple timelines

Julie Chan Is Dead

Liann Zhang · Mystery & Thriller

A young woman steps into her deceased twin's influencer life, only to discover dark secrets hidden behind her social media façade.

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · cat and mouse

One of the Family

Jess Ryder · Mystery & Thriller

My daughter's boyfriend feels like one of the family.

psychological thriller · closed circle · twist ending

What We Did to Survive

Megan Lally · Mystery & Thriller

A vacation in paradise turns deadly when four teens' sailing charter hits stormy seas in this propulsive new thriller from New York Times and USA…

psychological thriller · survival · high stakes survival · closed circle

Marion

Leah Rowan · Mystery & Thriller

**NORMAN WAS HER FIRST...** Marion is in deep.

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · revenge plot · twist ending · dark romance

They Say a Girl Died Here

Sarah Pinborough · Mystery & Thriller

psychological thriller · missing person · twist ending

Ubik

Philip K. Dick · Sci-Fi

Named one of Time's 100 Best Books, Ubik is a mind-bending, classic novel about the perception of reality from Philip K.

psychological thriller · twist ending

Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep

Paul Tremblay · Sci-Fi

Philip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers in this genre-bending near-future tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable…

dystopian society · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator

Recursion

Blake Crouch · Sci-Fi

**Memory makes reality.** That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has…

time travel · psychological thriller · twist ending · high stakes survival · amnesia

Sublimation

Isabel J. Kim · Sci-Fi

Doppelgangers, corporate intrigue, heartbreak, betrayal, and the harsh permanence of the border: Sublimation is a thrilling and provocative debut for…

dystopian society · psychological thriller · political intrigue · morally grey character

Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer · Sci-Fi

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades.

cosmic horror · psychological thriller · survival · twist ending

Black Bag

Luke Kennard · Literary Fiction

An out-of-work actor accepts the role of a lifetime—sitting soundlessly in a lecture theater, zipped into a large leather bag—to aid a professor’s…

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · closed circle · twist ending

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Ben Lerner · Literary Fiction

Named a Novel Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026 by the New York Times • One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2026 From the “most…

unreliable narrator · twist ending · psychological thriller

The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte P. Gilman · Literary Fiction

Specially printed limited edition release for the Miskatonic Literary Society.

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · historical fiction · trauma recovery

Switzy

Emma Cline · Literary Fiction

A mesmerising portrait of an unravelling mind, and an ageing man on his final pilgrimage - to Switzerland - from the Sunday Times-bestselling author…

coming of age · unreliable narrator · road trip · psychological thriller

The Names

Florence Knapp · Literary Fiction

**The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change the course of a life?** In the wake of a catastrophic storm, Cora sets off with her…

psychological thriller · trauma recovery · survival

Vigil

George Saunders · Literary Fiction

An electric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil…

magical realism · unreliable narrator · psychological thriller